Hansi Gerold-Murphy Osteopathy

05/29/2024

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05/28/2024

Anxious about an upcoming surgery or medical procedure? You may want to keep your lavender essential oil handy. A meta-analysis of 20 clinical trials concluded that lavender essential oil is "an effective method for relieving patients' anxiety" prior to an operation.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37966400/

05/27/2024

Great stretch!

05/18/2024

There is a reason why walking amongst nature is most people’s best advice when depression strikes.
Because walking in nature is a return to ‘home’.
You are not a lover of nature, or a fan of nature, you ‘are’ nature.
You are as much nature as the trees in your garden and the bees on your picnic.
You were designed to live your days out in the wild with your fellow creatures and plants but progress, humanity, had different plans for us all.
And so we exist day-to-day, in our homes, but never ‘home’.
The quickest route back to self, to inner peace, is bare feet on grass, arms around trees, head in the clouds and heart in a forest.
Put your bones in water, whenever you can, smell each flower you see and crumble dirt between your tired-of-typing fingers.
You are nature, go home once in a while.
It will bring you much you didn’t even know you were missing.
~ Donna Ashworth, “You Are Nature”
www.donnaashworth.com
Art by Josephine Klerks, “Among Moss and Stars”
www.josephineklerks.com

05/14/2024

Do you know that I treat people remotely?

I've been doing it for years, mostly with family and close friends but I'm feeling that it's time to expand beyond that.

How does that work?
Well since we are all made up of energy, I can tap into your energy field and use a combination of stones/crystals, oils, reiki, tuning forks, etc. to support your healing.

Physically.
Emotionally.
Spiritually.

And the beauty of it is that we don't have to be in the same room...or even Province or Country! And you'll still receive the same benefits as an in person treatment.

Cool isn't it?

Want to know more?
Reach out to me for details!

**This is not an Osteopathic Treatment and therefore cannot be billed as such**

05/01/2024

Happy May Day, welcoming the abundance of the coming season!

04/29/2024

Reiki Principles for everyday...peace, peace, peace.

04/17/2024

Looking forward to this workshop, offered locally, in Annapolis Royal!

Workshop coming up May 1st at MareGold Bookstore in Annapolis Royal.

Learn about the nature of Lyme Disease, preventive measures and available treatments for optimum health.

https://www.maregold.com/event-details/understanding-lyme-disease-workshop

04/11/2024

Do you use natural health products? Take a few minutes to check out this video.

04/07/2024

Everyone is talking about the total solar eclipse......so thought I'd chime in.

Seems there's a lot of fear surrounding those four minutes and 28 seconds; Don't look at it, stay indoors, pull your blinds down, grab all your pets and keep them "safe" inside with you.

Now there's no question that eclipses can bring some wonky energy with them and this one is no exception.

However, can we just let go of the fear?
Adding to the fear is not helping...anyone or anything (not just talking about fear of the eclipse now).

We're not living hundreds of years ago when it was thought that the sun was being swallowed by a dragon.

We know what's what.
It'll pass and we'll all be okay.

I'll be using that energy to let go of what's no longer serving me, setting an intention as I sit in my heart, filled with peace/love for all living things.

Because that, is definitely needed.

Who's with me?

April 2024 Newsletter-Hansi Gerold-Murphy

04/03/2024

THIS right here!

One of the reasons that I love essential oils to support health is that they inherently have polypharmacology because they are natural complex substances with from a dozen to hundreds of constituents that have additive, synergistic, and antagonistic (buffering) effects. In other words, each constituent in the oil serves a purpose to produce a therapeutic effect, even the minor ones. This can be demonstrated with this slide I created that shows just a few of the known receptor or enzymatic targets, pathways, and mechanisms that lavender works within the body.

04/02/2024

Who's feeling it?

03/20/2024

Do you want to continue to have access to natural health products?
Write, call, email your MP!

The Government of Canada is making changes to treat safe, natural health products like pharmaceutical drugs. Send a letter to your MP to Save Our Supplements.

03/17/2024

Chronic low back pain??

Chronic low back pain can significantly reduce quality of life. Low back pain has the highest prevalence globally among musculoskeletal conditions and is estimated to affect 619 million people globally (with this expected to grow to 843 million by 2050). A small clinical trial found that Swedish massage with ginger essential oil reduced chronic lower back pain.
https://doaj.org/article/d70d3414730b4494b27c448248c368e9

03/10/2024

Allergies occur when the immune system overreacts to substances that are harmless to the body. The number of people who experience allergies has increased over the past two decades. A clinical study evaluated the ability of tea tree essential oil diluted in jojoba oil (2% dilution) to reduce allergies due to airborne allergens. One to two drops of the diluted tea tree oil was applied to pressure points of the body (temples, behind the ears, insides of the wrist) and massaged into the skin. Participants applied the oil to two or three of these locations per day a maximum of twice daily for three weeks. Remarkably, the oil significantly reduced the frequency of multiple symptoms of allergies (watery eyes, nasal congestion, runny nose, nasal itching, sneezing, coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and phlegm production). While the severity of shortness of breath and wheezing were decreased, their frequency was not. All other symptoms were reduced in both frequency and severity.
https://ijalsr.org/index.php/journal/article/view/225

03/05/2024

Something to think about...

02/27/2024

Chronic rhinosinusitis involves inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the sinuses, resulting in thick nasal mucus, stuffy nose due to the prevention of mucus draining, and facial pain. Some researchers postulate that bacteria that infect the nasal sinuses develop biofilms, allowing them to become resistant to bacteria. Lemongrass (C. citratus) essential oil inhibited biofilm formation by bacteria (K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, and S. epidermidis) isolated from people with chronic rhinosinusitis with no toxicity to human cells. The researchers concluded that lemongrass essential oil may be beneficial for people with chronic rhinosinusitis according to laboratory research.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38286789/


Consider doing a steam inhalation with one drop of lemongrass to promote feelings of open airways.

02/16/2024

I'm back!!
Thanks to Kevin for keeping an eye on things while I was gone.

Best way to get in touch is by calling/texting 902-526-0899 as I'm stepping back from FB.

Remember that if you can't make your appointment, please let me know 24 hours in advance. This gives me time to fill the time slot from my cancellation list.

02/16/2024

It’s that time again!
Whether your new to Tapping or if you’ve been using this amazing tool for years, you don’t want to miss this 😊

Join 20 of the World's Leading Personal Development and Health Experts in this FREE Online Event as They Show you Step by Step How to Use a Technique Known as "Tapping" to Improve Your Finances, Health, Emotions and Much More...

01/26/2024

I am closed and will be back in my office February 15. All messages will be returned/responded to at that time.

01/22/2024

Got achy knees? Ginger essential oil may help. A randomized controlled clinical trial compared the effectiveness of massage with ginger essential oil against massage with sesame oil and a control (no massage) for knee osteoarthritis. Participants in the ginger group massaged 5 mL of a 3% dilution of ginger essential oil to the knee using effleurage techniques about 20 minutes before bedtime for four weeks. The application was performed about three times weekly during the study. The sesame group applied 5 mL of sesame oil in a similar manner. While both the ginger and sesame groups experienced improvements in joint pain and stiffness, ginger essential oil was more effective.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375605964_Comparison_of_the_Effectiveness_of_Aromatherapy_Massage_with_Ginger_and_Sesame_Oil_on_Joint_Pain_and_Stiffness_in_Patients_with_Knee_Osteoarthritis_A_Randomized_Controlled_Clinical_Trial

01/12/2024

My neighbour’s doing a Kombucha Workshop!

Sign up time!

Enjoy a tasting.
Take home: 2 bottles of kombucha, a SCOBY, a preparation Jar, and instructions.
We will go through every step to create your own delicious kombucha.

To register etransfer $80 to [email protected]
Put your name phone and date of workshop in the message field.
DM me for password

12/29/2023

“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through. Winter is a time of withdrawing from the world, maximising scant resources, carrying out acts of brutal efficiency and vanishing from sight; but that’s where the transformation occurs. Winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.”
Katherine May - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, 2020.

Elaine Bayley - Welcome December, December's Song.